Former Apple CEO John Sculley explains why Steve Jobs was an amazing recruiter

That's exactly what made him so adept at finding talent,
according to John
Sculley, the former CEO of Apple and Pepsi.

"The best recruiter I ever met was Steve Jobs," he told Business
Insider. "He really set no limits to the talent he would go
after."

Jobs' success was driven by his confidence in Apple's mission,
Scully said.

"He felt what he was doing was so incredibly important to the
world," Sculley said. "Why not get the best?"

Sculley would know. Jobs himself first poached Sculley from his
role at Pepsi. Sculley told Business Insider
editor-in-chief Alyson Shontell that Jobs won him over with a
simple, pointed question: "Do you want to sell sugar water for
the rest of your life? Or do you want to come with me and change
the world?"

Jobs unabashedly went after the top people in tech and business
and never let the occasional failure trip him up, Sculley said.

"It didn't always work out, but the reality was that he never
compromised on trying to go for the best talent he could,"
Sculley said.

For Jobs, his ability to passionately convey his belief in Apple
— and his lack of qualms over going after prominent talent — was
crucial. Scully, who is now chairman of
startup RXAdvance, a
startup that seeks to blend the fields of high
tech and healthcare, said for most people, it's a lesson
that's simply learned through time and experience.

"Those are things that only come through experience," Sculley
said. "You've got to learn how to recruit a team, you've got to
learn how to work with other people, and you've got to learn how
to get good stuff done."